Amy Nugent is a Vancouver-based cultural worker and resource developer. As the former president of Artspeak’s board, she has been recognized with a 2016 Mayor’s Arts Award from the City of Vancouver. Currently, she is running the capital campaign for The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency. Her own research over the past five years has focused on the history and restitution of sculptors Frances Loring (1887–1968) and Florence Wyle (1881–1968), the current state of Canadian art collections and the limited acquisition funds to support them and carrying forward Loring and Wyle’s final wishes to establish a national charitable fund for Canadian sculptors.
Amy Nugent
Last updated: May 5, 2024
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Start year: 2018
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Join us at Pollyanna 圖書館 Library for readings of The Clay Ladies (2001) written by Michael Bedard, on either July 25 or August 22, 2-3 pm.…
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